Saudi Arabia Double Wicket ScoreImage Credit source: Festival of cricket Instagram

Stormy batting is not a big deal in the era of T20 cricket. Not only T20, but with the advent of formats like T10, indiscriminate batting has become common in cricket. Its impact has started falling on ODI and Test also. The mark of 300 runs has also been crossed in T20 International. But can any team score 148 runs in just 4 overs? Anyone will be shocked after reading and hearing this, will not believe their eyes and ears and will be left scratching their heads in surprise. But this has happened and that too against a bowler like Shakib Al Hasan, where two batsmen created such havoc.

Where did such explosive batting happen?

How did this happen, which batsmen did this feat and is there any catch in it? Obviously after seeing such figures these questions will arise in the mind. If you also have these questions in your mind, then you will get the answers here too. First of all - Yes, this happened in a match where 2 batsmen together scored 148 runs in 4 overs. This match was played between Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh, which Saudi Arabia won by a huge margin of 61 runs.

Now let's talk about who did this and how? Abdul Waheed and Wajih ul Hasan of Saudi Arabia did this miracle. Actually, both these batsmen did this explosive batting in the F2 Double Wicket World Cup tournament, which was held in Saudi Arabia. This tournament was played under the ongoing 'Festival of Cricket' to popularize cricket in Saudi Arabia, in which a total of 10 teams were participating, which included players who had played international cricket like Irfan Pathan, Shoaib Malik, Shakib Al Hasan, Awais Shah.

What are the rules and format of the tournament?

The format of this tournament is such that runs are scored indiscriminately in just 4 overs. Actually, every match was of 4-4 overs only. Only 2 batsmen from each team could bat and bowl. These matches were played using mats instead of the pitch, in which the pitch was also not 22 yards but about 15 yards. Also the boundary was not 60-65 meters, but 20 to 30 meters. One of these 4 was a fire ball over, in which up to 12 runs were being scored on each boundary instead of the usual 4 or 6. In such a situation, big scores were seen in the entire tournament and hence 146 runs were scored in 4 overs. This tournament was won by England, who defeated Saudi Arabia in the final.